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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did the Wydra's stay with when they arrived in Vancouver?
(a) The Berg family.
(b) A Synagogue.
(c) The Steiner family.
(d) The Rosenberg family.

2. What was Vancouver's shopping mecca?
(a) The outlet mall.
(b) Crest Bay.
(c) Hudson Bay.
(d) Old Navy.

3. Who did Eva relate to best in Canada and consider her "real friends?"
(a) People several generations older than her.
(b) Dogs, not people.
(c) People her own age.
(d) Her father's friends.

4. What did Eva think that the sliced cheese and bologna smelled like?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Raw meat.
(d) Plastic.

5. What was the address where the Wydra's first lived in Vancouver written on the "I'm lost" card?
(a) 4848 Circle Drive.
(b) 6845 Twin Peaks Ave.
(c) 1785 Granville Street.
(d) 1785 Pioneer Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eva tell Penny that she thought of when she thought of love?

2. How many languages did Eva's mother speak?

3. What theater troupe came to Vancouver to perform Macbeth?

4. When Eva saw a black man on her travels to Vancouver, who did she think he looked like?

5. What was Mr. Ostropov involved in politically back in Russia?

Short Essay Questions

1. As Eva learned new words and expressions, why was she baffled by "You're welcome?"

2. How did Mr. Ostropov play the role of the "mad Russian?"

3. In Eva's attempt at secrecy, what role did Mrs. Steiner play? Why did Eva place her is this position? What characteristics did Mrs. Steiner have that made Eva behave differently towards her?

4. When Eva and her friends would see a foreign film in Poland, what questions would they ask about the characters in the film? How does this relate to Eva's life in Canada?

5. When Eva dreamed of staying in Poland, how did she imagine her life would have been had she stayed? What was "normal" to Eva and why did she believe that life in Poland would have been "normal?"

6. Once in Canada, how did Eva keep her privacy? What did she hold back? How was she careful in what she said about the difficulties that her family was facing?

7. Why did Eva choose English as the language she would write in when she received her new diary?

8. Shortly after the Wydra's arrived in Canada, Eva had a bad dream. What was it and why was it significant?

9. How did the concept of "internal goods" give Eva comfort and allow her to feel more comfortable with herself?

10. Why did Eva believe that speech was a class signifier?

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